Hear Dustin Wong’s Aggro Experimental Groove ‘The Big She’

Oddball guitar wizard Dustin Wong already dropped one album this year — a collaborative full-length with Japanese artist Takako Minekawa titled Toropical Circle — and on September 17, the ex-Ponytail member will release another. The upcoming Mediation of Ecstatic Energy is Wong’s third solo LP and the proper follow-up to 2012’s Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads. Conceived as the final part of a trilogy of records constructed with solo guitar loops, the 14-track effort that, according to label Thrill Jockey Records, relies on “syncopation, abnormal time signatures, and polyrhythm to create an overwhelming feeling of weightlessness.” To tease the new album, Wong has shared its opening track, “The Big She,” a jittery, haunted drone that veers into the mad scientist’s most aggressive territory yet. Hear it below, followed by the album’s track list and Wong’s upcoming tour dates. Pre-orders are currently available through Thrill Jockey.